Discover the meaning of the term Al-ʿqar (عقار) in Islamic vocabulary.
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Updated on 11 April 2026 at 1:05 AM
📖 2 min readWhat has a root and a fixed settlement, such as land and a house.
With kasra: property that cannot be moved, such as land, a house, a bathhouse, and a tree.
With fatha of the 'ayn. In language: everything having a root and a fixed settlement, such as land, a house, estates, and palms; taken from ''aqr ad-dar' (the foot of the house). Some said: it is sometimes applied to the house's furnishings; one says: 'ma lahu dar wa-la 'aqar': of the palm (what has neither dwelling nor 'aqar); and 'fi l-bayt 'aqar hasan': the house has fine furnishings, that is, furniture and utensils. Plural: 'aqarat; its counterpart is the movable (manqul). ''Al-'aqar of anything': its option.
Like silam: the fixed settlement; it has been said: every fixed property having a root, such as land and a house. Al-'aqar with damma: wine, for it is like what severs (ma'aqir) the intellect.
With fatha: what has a root or a fixed settlement, such as land and a house.